You did not tell me about the head gasket. Did you get stranded?
And that really sucks, you had to be looking forward to taking a brand spanking new AMG ONE out on the street. I would have been.
Sorta... I just had the guys hook a trailer up and come get me. I probably could have nursed it home, but it was spitting oil all over and made a lovely blue cloud behind me.
I was definitely looking forward to driving it this week. I had them pull out a special Mustang for me instead. Lemme get you a link:
https://www.mecum.com/lots/FA0820-433284/2012-ford-shelby-gt500-super-snake-prototype/
The other night I was driving on the highway and these four or five mustangs came up on my from behind fast, they must have been going three digits, they slowed up along side me for a few seconds then all of them passed me. After they got ahead of me a little ways they all hit their brakes and slowed down to 40MPH and cause me to slow down as well. I was thinking what the fuck this is weird what's going on? When all of a sudden they all floored it at the same time and took off. I took the next exit. I didn't want the cops to think I was part of their group. I was just crossing the river on the highway bridge and all this took place on the bridge and I know the bridge is monitored by cameras 24 7 and if someone reported the group of Mustangs flying down the highway and they look at the cameras they might see me driving with them right there damnit
I think they call that 'rolling start drag racing' and it's fucking retarded to do it on a public road.
I agree with ZERO racing on public roads - with the exception of sanctioned racing where the roads are closed to regular traffic. Those are, of course, fine.
It's a bit annoying because of the culture. Tons of people think I want to race their shitty Honda with my $250k Ford GT (or similar). No, I do not want to race you. Yes, my car can eat your car's lunch. No, my manhood isn't damaged when I don't race you.
I have been known to play around with other cars on the road - but not racing them. It's fun when another driver wants to play and you keep ahead of 'em but just barely out of reach so that you know you're not pushing it hard enough to crash - or negatively impact other drivers on the road.
Racing on the roads is right out.
I'm fine with driving fast on the roads - under the right circumstances. That's fine. There's no ego and no desire to push it to the point of crashing. Driving fast is not a bad thing (in and of itself). Racing on a public road is a bad thing.
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